Monthly Archives: July 2005
The Art of Lean: Slimming Companies’ Shipping Costs
ChallengerNKY.com: A Voice for Northern Kentucky -- Business:Here is an article about a guy who used to work with Toyota and has now started...
What Happened to the "Best Little House Builder in Texas"?
Article Link: Fast Company
Now this is an old article, from 1996, about a "lean" home builder in Austin TX. Doyle Wilson homes was also featured...
Toyota growing slowly, surely into NASCAR contender
Cincinnati Enquirer:
It will be interesting to see if Toyota can apply rapid continuous improvement cycles to building winning NASCAR cars after starting in...
Low-Tech Lean: If MacGyver can do it so can you!
TPS - Lean Manufacturing and Process Improvements: Lean ArticlesHere is a good article from Bill Hanover, President of ThroughPut Solutions. Bill previously wrote a...
Updated: Educated workforce tipped Toyota plant into Woodstock
Business Edge News Magazine - businessedge.ca - Ontario Edition:A rebuttal from Alabama (and Toyota)Does your company want intelligent workers who can think or the...
In Times Of Adversity, Don’t Abandon Basics
IndustryWeek : Continuous ImprovementThis is a new recurring column from Industry Week. The author makes the pitch that companies shouldn't "forget about" continuous improvement...
Nissan First Manufacturer to Introduce Die Inventory Management System Featuring Stacked-Type RFID Tags
MoreRFID
Nissan's version of "TPS" is the "Nissan Production Way". Here is an interesting article about the use of new technology (RFID) to...
5 S’s spell efficiency for Job Shop
Cincinnati Enquirer:While the article talks about the specifics of 5S, I like how they mention that it isn't just about putting tape around garbage...
Kanban vs. "FAXban" vs. "e-Kanban"
i-Newswire.com - Press Release And News Distribution - Kanban Marketshare Leader is Datacraft Solutions
I can certainly see the appeal in electronic kanban. If you...
Ford’s Padilla is Chasing Toyota
Bloomberg.com: U.S.:Comments from the Ford president:"Padilla says Toyota serves as an example of how to make winning models.``Toyota doesn't hit home runs every time...
New Book Focusing on Lean Failures
How to Prevent Lean Implementation Failures: 10 Reasons Why Failures OccurI read this book over the weekend, here is the review I wrote for...
China Catching Up in the Mall Race?
The Standard - The great mall of China - Opinion Section:Interesting view into the growth of malls in China. This excerpt from the article...
